How To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse – Lessons From Video-Games
IM PLAIN discuss some of the lessons they've learnt from playing a variety of zombie based games.
"Of late, entertainment has been somewhat over-saturated by end of the world, apocalypse themed media. The popularity of The Walking Dead, for example, is almost as contagious as the infection that it portrays. Millions of people tune in on a daily basis to watch Rick, and his group of dwindling survivors, struggle in the face of an impending doom – but whenever I watch apocalypse based shows, or play ‘end of the world scenario’ games, the same question always pops into my head – “what would I do in that situation?”. Would I be a strong leader, like Rick, or would I be dead in the first five minutes? If the zombie apocalypse was to ever rear its bitey, bloody, scratchy, rotting head, it would be a good idea to have a game plan. But creating a game plan is easier said than done, because there’s no way of knowing what a zombie apocalypse would actually be like. That’s why I tend to use video-games as a way of preparing myself for the unlikely. So here are a few lessons that I’ve learned from playing zombie based games."
